Control ADD-Eat the Right Food

“FEEDING” THE ADD BRAIN

Think about the foods you and your kids eat. Fruit Roll-Ups. Macaroni and cheese. Lucky Charms Cereal. Soft drinks. What do all of these and just about everything we eat have in common? Artificial dyes are in the majority of foods available. These colorings make food look more appetizing, at least psychologically.

ABC, through World News Tonight had featured a segment that centers around ADD and its connection to artificial food dyes. There has been much call for FDS to ban artificial food dyes in the United States and The Center for Science in the Public Interest is one organization that firmly believes this. A controversial claim such as this needs further research to support it.

The suspicions that ADD is related to artificial preservatives cannot be denied even if there is no hard evidence in medical science to support this claim. This is because parents of children with ADD experience a decline in ADD symptom when they try to restrict they children’s diet from food containing artificial coloring and other non chemical.

There are many harmful substances out there that can bring terrible side effect to the human brain. Toxins or neurotoxins are the kind of substance that can propel the brain to act out violent and aggressive behavior. The website www.foodnews.org has more information on foods contaminated by toxins.

You should be cautious from now on food or anything that can cause the brain more harm, even if the FDA strongly believes that there is no connection between ADD and food. Foods with artificial colorings are those that you should take more precautions on and try to eat more healthier and natural food.

You could start with keeping a log of what you and your family is eating. Once you have some sort of baseline, you could keep track of the symptoms that appear soon after eating. For example, if your daughter has a habit of eating Fruit Loops every morning, and soon after becomes explosive, try taking the food away, but its replacement may be just as bad as the cereal. What you will find is that an ADD diet is nearly impossible – you’d have to get rid of just about any food around!

Symptoms of ADD can subside with eating healthier food and cutting down on food that can cause harm to the brain. Using medications for treatment is not curing the disorder but manipulating the brain unlike getting a dose of good food, natural supplement and herbal remedy.

People with ADD usually have a lack of the following nutrients in their diets:

- “B” vitamins
- Tyrosine
- Zinc
- Iron
- 5-HTP
- Calcium
- Magnesium
- DHA

One cannot simply find a product that can decrease all symptoms of ADD. There are however products that can do a good job in feeding the brain’s neurotransmitters when paired with multivitamin in liquid form which is believed to be better absorbed by the body. Neu-be-Calm – does a good job at taming ADD symptoms and for more information on this product visit the site www.Neu-be-calm.com).

The glycemic index refers to how quickly the body processes sugar. The human body actually has no way of knowing if the amount of sugar in a food is high or low therefore, by choosing food that are low in sugar will make the body process the sugar more slowly. If you practice this, not only will you eliminate junk food buy, your choice of diet will consist of whole grain, food with low sugar content as well as food containing more natural sweeteners.

- Whole grains, fruits and veggies
- Cultured dairy foods or non-dairy sources of calcium
- Wholesome protein sources such as free range meats, poultry, and legumes
- No hydrogenated oil or deep fired oils – instead use fish oil supplements, flax oil, etc.
- Water, water, water – believe it or not, most of our kids are dehydrated!

This process of observing food that causes ADD is no task that can be done overnight, let alone seeing the result. It is often not easy to give up on food that you have gotten use to eating many-many years in a short period of time only. Careful observation of diet and implementing a healthy eating habit can be rewarding for ADD sufferer and even the whole family.

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Jimmy Brownen is a leading expert in the field of ADD/ADHD and has years of experience in the treatment of it. For more information on the disorder or for alternative means of curing ADHD, please visit his site.

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